Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0 Browser Engine memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, Thunderbird before 6, and possibly other products does not properly implement WebGL, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was released 08/18/2011 by Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 674042 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2989. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/18/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55878 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (834591a9-c82f-11e0-897d-6c626dd55a41)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165573 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2011:037)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (55878). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 58320, 58319, 58318 and 58317.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 55878
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (834591a9-c82f-11e0-897d-6c626dd55a41)
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OpenVAS ID: 70261
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Timeline
08/01/2011 🔍08/16/2011 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Bug 674042
Researcher: Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2989 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 32735 - Mozilla Firefox <6, Thunderbird <6 and SeaMonkey <2.3 Remote and Code Execution due to WebGL Memory Corruption, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49166 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49055
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/18/2021 06:22
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/29/2017 18:23 (11), 11/18/2021 06:08 (4), 11/18/2021 06:22 (1)
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